Australian Warship Transits Taiwan Strait, Tracked by China’s Navy

File image of the Australian navy warship HMAS Toowoomba that transited through the Taiwan Strait on February 22, 2026. Image via the Royal Australian Navy.

An Australian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, a government source said on Sunday, in the latest transit of the sensitive waterway by a U.S. ally that Chinese state-backed media said was tracked and monitored by the nation’s military.

In addition to claiming sovereignty over democratically governed Taiwan, Beijing views the narrow, highly strategic strait as Chinese territorial waters and has responded aggressively on occasion to foreign navies sailing there.

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